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WASHINGTON — The House has rejected a stopgap spending bill for the Homeland Security Department with just hours to go before a midnight deadline to fund the agency or see it begin to partially shut down.
The surprise 224-203 defeat of the...

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Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWill labeling calorie counts on menus bring down America’s obesity rates? What can the food and beverage industry do to improve American health? What can $1 billion do to prevent childhood obesity?
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The White House introduced a bill that it says is intended to encourage businesses to do more to protect the privacy of consumer data. Photo by Susan Melkisethian/Flickr.
WASHINGTON — Amid “rapid growth” in the collection of data on...